Metal studding.



H. E.- WHITE. METAL STUDDING. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1909.

955,1 1 1 a Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

WITNESSES mvsu'ron as rarer orrrbia.

HERBERT E. WHITE, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENERAL FIRE-PROOFING COMPANY, OF YOUNGSTOWN. OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO" METALs'runnmc;

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Apr. 12, E910.

Application filed February 25, 1909. Serial No. 479,945.

Tooll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. WHI E, of Youngstown, in the county'ofMahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Metal Studding, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exactdescription, re erence being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which- 1 Figure l is a perspective viewshowing my improved studding in position; and Fig. 2 is a rear elevationof the'same.

My invention relates to metal studding, employed in place of woodenstudding, and to which the metal lath is to be secured, especially infireproof building construction.

The object of the invention is to provide a studding which may be madeat the factory and which will adapt itself to variations in the distancefrom the floor to the ceiling and will give a stron and secureconstruction. for attachment 0 "the lath.

In the drawings, 2, 2, represent pressed channel side members which aresecured "together by cross members 3, which are preferably formed ofsimilar channels forced against and welded to the vertical members 2.These transverse connecting members may be spaced any desirable distanceapart and may be of any desirable number and shape.

At each end of the members 2, 2, I weld to them a transverse member 4:,having a plate extension 5, which is preferably provided with a seriesof holes. The members; are preferably of pressed channel form and areelectrically welded to the vertical members 2, and the extension 5,being of rolled metal,

- may lie bent at any suitable point depending on the height of theroom'. The plate memher 5 may be connected with the member e by a tongueor connecting strip 6, this forming the central portion of the lip orflange at that side of the channel. Other forms of connection may beprovided for the end plate members,-as the main feature of my inventionlies in this plate member, which may be bent at different points in itslen h to accommodate the variation in the eight of the room.

.The advantages of my invention will be apparent to those skilled in theart. The studding may be made at the factory and consequently may beturned. out at comparatively low cost in large quantities. It is securedin place by bending the plate mem- ,bers at suitable points to fit theceiling and floor members and is secured thereto in any suitable manner,as by nails or members ex tending through the holes therein. It affordsa strong and secure construction to which the metal lath may be securedby wiring, by clips, or by any other desirable means.

It will be noted that the welded connections between the members of thestudding are made between portions thereof of relatively limited, and ofsubstantially equal, sectional area. This feature makes the weldedconnections practicable, since the contacting portions ofboth memberscan be brought to a welding temperature in sub stalntially the samelength of time.

Changes may be made in the form and arrangement of the members and themanner offsecuring them together, without departing from my invention. 1

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a

metal studding comprising separated side members, and cross-memberswelded to and connecting the side members at intervals, said sidemembers having flanges at their inner edges, and the cross-members beingshorter than the distance between the outer edges of the side membersand welded to said flanges; substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a

metal studding, comprising separated side In'testimony whereof, Tifhavehereunto set my hand.

HERBERT E. WHITE.

Witnesses:

' i ,D. D, Kerstin.

